Aggressive Quote by Flea

We never fit in completely to [the punk] scene because we were writing love songs that were heartfelt and endearing. Some of the punks…

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Punk changed everything. It blew away all the dull, pompous stuff that happened before, like glam rock. Kids were getting involved in causes like…

— Keith Allen

It was an important period for us, because even though we weren't a "punk band", and what became a model for a punk band,…

— Stephen Mallinder

Punk hadn't even begun when The Runaways started, at least not in the US. We had our own sound, straight up glam rock.

— Cherie Currie

I think we saw our reaction coming from Dada, but at the same time, it formed into punk, which was very much a reaction…

— Stephen Mallinder

We were a small group of weirdos and baby punks and gays and free spirits who had to use our imaginations a lot. We…

— Beth Ditto

To some extent at that time, we injected rock and roll into that scene- we played loud and that was a huge turning point…

— Arto Lindsay

I guess, for me, what started me getting real excited about music was the New York punk and new-wave scene. All those bands looked…

— Dean Wareham

I think I began getting really influenced by that whole punk scene around the age of 13 or 14-I went through that whole thing…

— Rozz Williams

There was something about the chemistry of the band and we would feed off each other. It was a gang of girls unleashed.

— Charlotte Caffey

I admired punk because I came from a violent band as well. Especially in the first four or five years, we were very aggressive…

— Bill Ward

Punk was a very liberating force.

— Jim Kerr